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White-Glazed Chawan by Ogawa Machiko
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Recently Ogawa Machiko was given yet another award for her superb ceramic art, this time from the Agency of Cultural Affairs, a major award (information in Japanese here bunka.go.jp/geijutsu_bunka/souzoukatsudou/sensho/19_geijutsu_sensho.html)
Here is a classic Ogawa chawan in terms of its rounded organic form, pure white glazing and exposed clay base; in perfect condition with a signed box,8cm.tallx13.5cm. Other Ogawa chawan available can be viewed in listing 736712.
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Miwa Kazuhiko and Kudo Shigeki Limited Sake Box
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A very limited set of two Hagi guinomi sake cups by Miwa Kakuhiko housed in a specially made lacquer box by Kudo Shigeki; only four sets in existence. More about each artist later this week, as today is the last day of 'Golden Week' here in Japan, back-to-back days of national holidays. Kudo's box is 10cm.tallx25.5cm.x10 and Miwa's angelic Hagi guinomi are 6.7cm.tall and 7cm.tall, signed box.
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Bizen Vase by Fujiwara Kikuyo
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Fujiwara Kikuyo(b.1963) is the second daughter of the late great Fujiwara Ken(1924-1977). After losing her father at such an early age life was very hard for the entire family. Wanting to be a potter though, she took off for Tokyo--after a short stint at the Bizen Ceramic Center--where she studied with Tsuji Seimei(1927-2008) and Kyo. She was determined to study the essence of ceramics--as purely understood by her father and good friends the Tsujis--and fire her father's large kiln. The fire ...click for details
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Bizen Guinomi-Sake Cup by Kaneshige Toyo
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Pre 1970 item# 769735
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Bizen's first Living National Treasure Kaneshige Toyo (1896-1967) is one of the most important Bizen potters of all time. Along with other first LNT's, such as Arakawa Toyozo and Nakazato Muan, Kaneshige researched and revived the ancient Momoyama Period ways of clay preparation, kiln building, kiln loading--a key aspect--and firing. The "tsuchi-aji" clay flavor of Toyo is unsurpassed on all his works, and it is he who made both the Kaneshige name, and moreover, Bizen, an integ ...click for details
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Iga Vase by Kanzaki Shiho
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Pre 2000 item# 769012
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Kanzaki Shiho(b.1942) is a living legend for Shigaraki-Iga and he's known around the world with works in major museums. He's been featured on the covers of many ceramic magazines(Ceramic Art and Perception #32, Ceramics Monthly Summer'97, among others) as well as having a recent documentary made about his life. What is unique about Kanzaki is his firings and the results he gets from a long firing of his anagama; his Buddhist nature also plays a deep part in his works. This Iga eared ...click for details
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Bizen Tokkuri by Kaneshige Michiaki
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Pre 1990 item# 768552
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Michiaki Kaneshige(1934-1995)was the first son of the first Living National Treasure for Bizen, Kaneshige Toyo(1896-1967). Michiaki was a great potter in his own right and had an illustrious career; more about him on our archives. This is a quietly confident sangiri--a Bizen firing technique where charcoal is introduced into the firing creating blue-gray-reddish 'Mars-Jupiter' flashing--tokkuri; it has fine balance and weight even though it appears quite light. A very fine tokkuri in per ...click for details
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Three Hagi Yunomi-Tea Cups by Hatano Hideo
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Spring is the 'shincha' or 'new green tea' season here in Japan, delightful indeed! Any good shincha--and Shizuoka where we are has the best--needs a fine yunomi. Here are three by Hagi potter Hatano Hideo in his kiln's famous glazes of grayish-brown, speckled white and beige; each in perfect condition with a signed box, 9-9.8cm.tall, stamped on base.
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